America vs. Smallpox: How Vaccines Saved The Nation • Puppet History

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Created and hosted by Shane Madej
Director: Katie LeBlanc
Featuring: Ryan Bergara, Jermaine Fowler
Writer: Garrett Werner
Editor: Ryan Moulton
Research: Kari Koeppel
Camera Operator: Mark Celestino
Sound Operator: TJ Marchbank
Motion Graphics Animators: Mike Fox, Julia Capuano
Graphic Artist: Mollie Ong
Additional Music By: Patrick Volker
Puppets by: Madison Girifalco (@mindovermadison)
Production Coordinator: Brittney Lee
Creative Director of Post Production: Anthony Frederick
Head of Development: Katie LeBlanc
Production Manager: Nicole Beaudoin
Executive Producers: Steven Lim, Shane Madej, Ryan Bergara
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SFX by Audioblocks
Logo Designed by Jennet Liaw
Logo Sound Design by Yuta Endo (@yuuutaendo)
Image Credits:
A Cartoon of a Man, BAUSCHRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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044-downcast-face-with-sweat, Vincent Le Moign, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Green pattern, Bergen Public Library, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Male genitalia with a skin disease; and varieties of sores, Fæ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A nurse and a smallpox patient in an isolation hospital, Fæ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, Fæ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dempster Minature Anvil, Kllwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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2 Hourglasses, supposed to be an 18th century sermon glass, Fæ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Big Ben Inner Clock Face, Colin, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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[@limppancake481]

The Professor's Bean Fragrance 🤌

[@aurnaurrr]

Oh boy I hope they have Macintosh Apple and Warm Jelly Bean

[@goldenfrogstudios]

My favorite fragrance is dead puppet.

[@danggoobus5808]

@@goldenfrogstudios my goodness

[@jamesb9894]

Get the fatality rate of the Small Pox off your first month.

[@LittleMissFeck]

I dreamed that Shane was the special guest in the finale and he somehow lost to Ryan. The Professor lost it and started throwing up jellybeans.

[@jetsandchains]

that's so funny shdgdvd

[@christinelouis7106]

Shane should lose and then get in a fight with the professor

[@satarupagingerkolay]

@@christinelouis7106 That is the Genie vs Prof fight I wanna watch.

[@MovieEnvy]

That would be a great series finale minus the throwing up.

[@3lttlbrds]

😅😅😅🤣

[@HalcyonCrow12]

Theory: The reason The Professor teaches history so well is because he was alive for all of it. He’s immortal, but never interfered because he was just a *Watcher*.

[@arkangyal8024]

What if...

[@nishthaarora9533]

Jesus Christ you are a bloody genius!

[@makaelalongmire3561]

Based

[@crazyman7615]

But he did tell the Donner Party a lake was gonna be named after them

[@HalcyonCrow12]

@@crazyman7615 Good point. Maybe then he only interfered where he felt like it and knew it wouldn’t have any lasting effects on history (butterfly effect and all), or expose him for existing and being immortal. He knew they would die, and along with them, the knowledge that a little fuzzy blue guy said there would be a lake named after them. (I highly doubt this series has any actual lore behind it but sure is fun to theorize about it lol)

[@jevilcore]

“I hope they don’t ever invent bigpox” was glossed over WAY too quickly. That absolutely killed me

[@TM.BECK14]

It'd be like that star trek episode where the contagions mutated from being microscopic to ginormous lol

[@scarletfox1966]

Does monkey pox count as big pox? 😅😅

[@vikingcreature]

Much like what bigpox would do to you lmao

[@kellychuang8373]

@@scarletfox1966 Highly doubt that and also another part of that episodes is the Professor saying DOOMED either way considering news didn't always travel fast, trying to treat Smallpox was a hit or miss affair and the ways in delivering it before vaccine shots was really nasty and having a war to fight along with a host of problems Washington really had it bad.

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

“Chickens are quite small” Me thinking about how the professor could literally ride a chicken like a war horse.

[@Noahthevisionary]

Why is that so wholesome 😭😭😭

[@dorcat2867]

Someone needs to draw that😂😂

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

@@dorcat2867 yknow what, imma do it now

[@taylorbrookeec]

Final fantasy golden Choco style. The professors war horse 😂

[@nschannel826]

Minecraft chicken riding zombie looking ass

[@pickledpiss9522]

Professor: “No more lore.” Everyone: “RYAN IS THE GENIE!” “THE PROFESSOR’S PLOTTING SOMETHING!” “THE PROFESSOR IS SUS!”

[@Tem014]

I need MatPat to do a Film Theory on this.

[@meghanchilders2180]

@@Tem014 YESSSS!!!!

[@samalvarez8776]

@@Tem014 omg is there a way to get this to him?! Cause there's lore in this series! I have a feeling MatPat would love the information!!

[@scotthardie5141]

That's not Ryan, it's Ricky Goldsworth

[@sirichandanaakarapu378]

@@Tem014 omg yesssss

[@wolfiegamble847]

I love how jermaine is absolutley losing his shit over the “they’re still warm” and the “butt beans” comment but Ryan is just not at all phased by it bc he’s used to Shane’s bullshit lmaooo

[@andrewovery6458]

who's shane?

[@slipperyjim1497]

I was surprised that they didn't mention that the final prize for the winner is really the Professor's poop in a trophy.

[@wolfiegamble847]

@@slipperyjim1497 ikr? Seemed like a perfect opportunity to make a joke lol

[@baseddrugdealer5086]

@@andrewovery6458 Shane is the voice behind The Professor. Ryan is used to his bullshit because they used to host the show “Buzzfeed Unsolved/Supernatural” (the only good thing buzzfeed had) together. Shane just joked and fucked about 90% of the time.

[@andrewovery6458]

@@baseddrugdealer5086 I don't see shane in the show, I just see an anthropomorphic puppet teaching us history. There's only 2 humans on screen

[@rin981]

Theory: the real reason why Ryan never wins is because the Professor loves him too much to let him go. All the winner leave the show, and if Ryan wins, he’ll have to go too….

[@lizzyrank5405]

But didn't he win once?

[@rin981]

@@lizzyrank5405 nope not once

[@eyecamd]

There's constantly returning guests though?

[@micheal2458]

aww, that's cute

[@JenCrystal]

@@lizzyrank5405 there was a tie once

[@skeleton_wolf6000]

I honestly love how this series feels like Shane's passion project and ryan is happily the supportive best friend

[@dorcat2867]

Right? It’s so wholesome. And I’m glad he was able to do this, especially now he has his own company with Ryan, cause I feel like if he was still with Buzzfeed, I doubt he would be able to do this, given how Buzzfeed likes to stick to a certain formula and style

[@ranga1cat]

@@dorcat2867 BuzzFeed let him do a few episodes of ruining history which I feel like was the beginning of it all. I’m glad that Shane brought out to professor for their company though. That way they own everything, not BuzzFeed.

[@lizzyrank5405]

@@ranga1cat They would also do the Hotdoga at the end of their unsolved debriefs

[@amberinthebox4462]

Well maybe it's cus the ghost hunting series was Ryan's. Cus they did do an amazing job on that show.

[@wvu05]

​@@ranga1cat Ruining History was one part, but on the Jack the Ripper episode of Unsolved True Crime, Ryan mentions the idea of people reenacting the news with puppets, and you can see Shane's wheels turning.

[@imtoto813]

at this point I'm convinced that Ryan is actually the genie and the professor is just waiting for him to break

[@Cat-nb9yq]

Ryan is the genie but he can't do anything against the professor until he wins so the professor keeps legally giving away jellybeans to his opponent

[@daisyjoy242]

@@Cat-nb9yq I agree

[@kaycem]

if this isn't the storyline i will be furious

[@cryanscorner7633]

YOURE ONTO SOMETHING HERE

[@fredericksmith5568]

Yo dude, the Professor said NO Genie talk this season! So shush!

[@solla9486]

after last *week's* terrible horrible no-good loss, Ryan went on a *30-day* meditative retreat? so the professor isn't the only show regular with alleged time travel powers.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

I'm so shocked that the Professor didn't call Ryan out on that one.

[@alyn.m]

Maybe he is le genie?

[@cyndymyers3510]

Love that book refrence

[@violeta6846]

Omg

[@violeta6846]

@@DizzyedUpGirl he's used to it

[@wingedpcofra4286]

Jermaine losing his mind over the satchel of jelly beans FOR THE SECOND TIME in this whole series is just insanely precious to me for some reason

[@monique4540]

Its so wholesome

[@nicohart6781]

I just genuinely adore everything about Jermaine in this episode. The joy for jelly beans and all the weird professor moments and him casually reiterating "it's what the diapers are for" as if that was 100% normal. T w T why is he so damn funny?

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

He was a comedy coach on Drag Race!

[@triple6keyz497]

Jermaine was baked asl bro😂😂😂

[@hgdellinger]

Jermaine is one of my favorite guests!

[@maryahschrock3451]

And in the beginning he said “I don’t this I was allowed” when asked what side of the revolutionary war he was on 😂😂😂

[@paigekrankel5749]

my man was baked 😭.. but he prolly funny ip either way LMAOO

[@eyam04]

Jermaine caressing Prof's chin after taking a jelly bean is the most wholesome thing I've seen this week

[@RoseCustard]

Timestamp?

[@azlina1668]

@@RoseCustard 9:32

[@emilymulcahy]

We've identified the furry in the group...

[@koro-is-caffeinated]

He got a lil scritch scratch :>

[@acgfreeman]

The Professors little puppet noises are so cute! He sounds likes a little gremlin

[@Jess-oo4tj]

Jermaine's utter joy at receiving a jelly bean out of the Professor's satchel made me so happy; it has solved all my problems for at least the next 24 hours.

[@gelitrippingkiddo5907]

I love him, he’s adorable. He was quivering with delight! Lmao

[@theresacherco3503]

Yeah that’s why he’s going all demon on him

[@francesleones4973]

Jermaine is such a ball of sunshine. Happy to see him back 😄

[@meganhanrath376]

I couldn't agree more!! I was smiling and laughing so hard right along with him 🥰 pure, authentic joy right there! xo

[@thatmandoguy]

@67 Naxs no doubt 😂

[@fluffycritter]

I like how Ryan was able to do a 30-day meditation retreat in just one week. He's THAT POWERFUL.

[@ZeeFritoBandito]

i noticed that too. its cause he's a genie

[@corv1d770]

The more I watch puppet history the more I feel Jim Henson himself would have been into this- Shane is killing it with creativity in this show

[@riakaty1979]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Puppet history is basically the modern day version of the muppets, plus it seems closer to the adult humour that Jim originally intended for the muppets to have.

[@johnburnside7828]

Shane's voice is disturbingly similar to Jim's.

[@gr33ngirlsea]

It'd be sooo cool if Hensen workshops and Jim's son acknowledged this show!!

[@floursack8567]

ryan is currently in his joker arc. he made a joker reference. IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER!!!

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@elnidodelfenix8200]

ryan right now: i'm a lot like joker. from the movie, joker

[@shortandfat5916]

We all know that he is hiding his true rage

[@sillygooooseee]

bet he's reading this right now at like 3 am just smiling menacingly this man is at his breaking point, I know it

[@LilBabyAlien]

Damn they really weren’t lying when they said “history repeats itself.”

[@mimipastry]

Several times over it seems

[@kitsunekun2345]

I always heard "History may not repeat itself but it sure does rhyme"

[@thax321]

Duhh..

[@JosephDavies]

Not lying at all.

[@paperdirtbag1758]

i was your 2,100th like on this comment and nothing more exciting has ever happened to me

[@SuddenZephyrs]

I don’t know why but my heart broke when Jermaine sadly said “you yelling at us”. I felt that.😭

[@heromedley]

thank you for not censoring your show. the swearing genuinely make things funnier and more entertaining. just dont watch in front of your kids.

[@meganashlea]

*looks over a shoulder to kid in room* 😶 😂 I told him to ignore the language, there’s some good lessons here 🙃 he’s only 1/2 listening while he’s doing his thing

[@lizzyrank5405]

Exactly. Kids will always hear something they aren't supposed to. It's up to the parents to teach them right and wrong, not shame them for learning it.

[@TheLillipigen]

Ryan “Beefboy” Bergara should get some bonus beans for being a loyal recurring student!!

[@kastynm.9004]

He hasnt skipped 1 class😂😂

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

It's called being 'held back'. It's not to be rewarded.

[@lukedoucette3715]

Beyond, its Beyond Beefboy

[@lilpurpleangel94]

Bonus "butt-beans"? 🤣

[@EZee213]

It's Ryan "Thanks For Tryin' Beyond Beef Boy" Bergooz to you tyvm.

[@JohnnyFiction]

My favorite part was when Jermaine gave the Professor a little scratchy-watchy under the chin

[@_TheShadowDeer]

Scritch scratch

[@koro-is-caffeinated]

Lil scritch for the good boy

[@jayzepickle6637]

Reading this gives me fear. I have yet to watch this episode.

[@darvspeaks3385]

Jermaine greeting the devil like an old friend is so funny to me Jermaine: Hey whose hand is this? Professor: The Devil. Jermaine: Hey Dev! i cant--

[@sweetlorikeet]

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who wrote about Turkish ingrafting to gain immunity, had lost her only brother to smallpox, and she herself previously nearly died of smallpox and was left badly scarred. Seeing this practice as a chance to save her own children from the pox, she had them ingrafted to protect them! Her son in Turkey and her daughter back home. She was already extremely popular and influential in several European courts and she became and inoculation advocate. She convinced several members of royalty to pursue the process and hugely advanced it's popularity across Europe. Extremely cool!

[@eithnemelee2997]

This is especially cool when you consider that the inventors of one of the major covid vaccines were a Turkish couple

[@kellychuang8373]

That's also interesting to know and also the Professor is right about getting doomed either way considering the troops were in the middle of a war and the time period really couldn't get them all and the delivery of the stuff to fight it well it's not like our times that's for sure along with trying to get the word out it's not instant that's for sure.

[@Megan97]

"Give us prayers daddy" is not a sentence I expected to hear in this show.

[@cakegamer3648]

@@ikhaa7638 stop it

[@Queen-ql6pq]

@@ikhaa7638 decompose immediately 😍😍

[@MDaggatt]

Since The Professor doesn't digest his jelly beans, that means that he isn't eating them for nutrition, and must be eating them for some other reason. As we have seen in previous videos, eating the jelly beans from the sealed containers turns humans into puppets. However, the jelly beans from The Professor's bag do not turn humans into puppets. In this video, The Professor established that the bag beans are actually pooped beans, but since the sealed beans are sealed, they must be the eating beans. Once he eats the beans, he absorbs the puppet powers, which is why the pooped beans do not affect the humans that eat them. Because of this, I believe that The Professor was actually human, but is using the power of his magic jelly beans to become a puppet. By becoming a puppet, he may be able to evade the mysterious genie hunting him down. Perhaps he is even using the game show to get more jelly beans since he cannot open the sealed jelly beans due to the fact that he has no muscles, however, the contestants can open them when they win them. We have also established that the process of becoming a puppet isn't a very pleasant one, so perhaps after the winner eats a jelly bean or two, they no longer want the remaining magic beans and will return them to The Professor. That way, The Professor will be able to get more jelly beans without having to risk his disguise in order to get the muscles to open the bag. However, it seems that the puppet disguise doesn't work perfectly, and just postpones the return of the genie since it seems that the genie is getting closer and closer. That would explain why he has lived through so many eras, as he has to find a new time to hide in once the genie tracks down where he has hidden. Perhaps by turning other creatures and intimate objects into puppets, it makes it harder to track where The Professor is since he is just one in a sea of animated puppets. Additionally, the songs at the end of the show could be part of or perhaps attempts at a spell that can take him to a new era. That is why he needs them in every show, as he might have to test out or perhaps build up layers of this spell, which each new puppet contributing to their own part of the spell that will help him flee to a new era and evade the dastardly genie. We will just have to see where this goes.

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@pablopicassbro9705]

that was so in depth, damn

[@MDaggatt]

@@pablopicassbro9705 I've been thinking about it a lot

[@cr-m7449]

I thank you for this absolutely magnificent essay on a very important topic. will definitely stay updated to see if your hypothesis will be proven right. keep at it my dude :)

[@scotthardie5141]

A bold but awesome thesis, happy graduation

[@dizzyella8204]

Im always scared The Professor is gonna bite the hand of whoevers taking jellybeans from his satchel 😂😂😂

[@JulianneMcLarney]

Jermaine: "How old are you?" The Professor: "How old am I?" *Begins having condensed PTSD flashbacks*

[@churro_gonzalez]

Jermaine: “Hey, who’s hand is this?” The Professor: “It’s the devil!” Jermaine: “Hey Dev!” 😀 38:04

[@ysabela5605]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@MyAmbianceLiveNow]

That shit was so hilarious 🤌🏽 lmao him caressing the hand while saying it and then Shane having the professor look at his own hand during the response 🤣

[@sunsun5005]

Hi I’m Satan but my friends call me Dev 👋

[@Fanney47]

Lol yeah! 🤣🙈

[@lovelylimbo3484]

Lol bc Shane's a demon

[@livvvvc]

Jermaine was baked as hell you can’t convince me otherwise

[@samsizer2919]

Oh absolutely

[@aquaaack422]

Totally!

[@ivyrose1276]

literally my first thought while watching lmaoo

[@Victoria_Fama]

Recently I think Ryan is too

[@erieboi5748]

I was literally looking for this comment😂😂

[@ArcherOwl]

After the season 4 finale, I thought it would be fun to go back through the other videos and find out the real scores in each to see if Ryan actually won any. This will be focused on the points won during the questions only, not the extra points the professor gives out willy-nilly. Actual Score: Ryan had 2 points and Jermaine had 6. The guest won fairly.

[@samalvarez8776]

So out of curiosity, how many trophies should Ryan have won? Have you finished your research?

[@ArcherOwl]

@@samalvarez8776 I have finished my research, and actually think you for asking because after going through the videos again, I realized I forgot to count the molasses video. So far, Ryan should have won 6 trophies: Dancing Plage, Disastrous 1904 Olympics, St. Nicolas, Ziryab, Affair of Poisons, and England's Fastest Surgeon.

[@ashlink4772]

⁠@@ArcherOwlthank you for your research!

[@ensa89]

When The Professor said "Cotton Mather" I immediately screamed "I know that guy. He was involved in the Salem witch trials!" and I think I deserve a jelly bean for that.

[@media_crone]

"after last week's devastating loss, I went on a thirty day meditative retreat" ryan is getting back at the professor by also not being able to count

[@imaginekudryavka9485]

Or also using the power of time travel

[@i_am_legrande]

As a History major I can confirm that the profesor is a valid primary source that should be taken seriously.

[@thicc9702]

😂 a primary source so true

[@gretablackwell495]

Fellow history major, can confirm

[@pokemonster31]

Fellow History Major, i can also confirm

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@That-Comrade555]

best history class in my case

[@liamhall1744]

Jermaine Fowler is tied with my favorite guest, along with Katie. The pure, unadulterated joy he has, mixed with his willingness to go along with how crazy shit gets or go along with the bit is just amazing.

[@kayscanningacademy]

Can we talk about how genuinely and sweetly concerned Jermaine was when Ryan started to "choke"??

[@cass1115]

If Ryan's horrified by the idea of Britain using soldiers who had smallpox as bio warfare, I'm guessing he doesn't know about smallpox blankets.

[@samthelion3925]

Yo I JUST came here to talk about that. As a native American myself, our people got a LONG history with smallpox.

[@mutedroar]

omg this killed me. Not as bad as the blankets did my ancestors tho

[@midnightpoetryandchai7620]

I’m sorry the WHAT

[@Hufflepuff-lg2sw]

misread Britain as Batman and got real confused

[@micheal2458]

tbf, he doesn't seem to know about a lot of things

[@ericasilberschmidt9570]

can yall make a shirt that says "Puppet History: Where the details are a little fuzzy" because I NEED IT

[@seanafrew1642]

And the word "fuzzy" should actually be fuzzy!

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@kendelllyssy6087]

^^

[@dumpthecherries]

Brilliant!! Would purchase.

[@ChaoticHoly]

I want this as a ball cap, a shirt (long & short sleeve), a purse, and as my very own fuzzy-soft Professor Plushie - jelly bean pooper for extra smiles.

[@enkim8433]

"Onesimus, a man enslaved to [name]" - I never knew the right way to phrase this kind of thing before, thank you for educating us in more than just history, Professor!

[@Girfan83]

I love how Jermaine was more excited about the actual jellybeans than the points at the beginning lol

[@larissachapa2287]

The Professor is a sucker for Ryan’s big arms confirmed.

[@hackingdiva1587]

Yeah 🤣

[@clumsygoblin7589]

Aren't we all?

[@vtn05001]

yet he never gives those arms a W...

[@innuendoshakespeare]

considering the professor doesn't have muscles, it makes sense he's very impressed

[@alex-fs9yt]

Who can blame him

[@DATrainedrop]

Jermaine’s amusement from the satchel jellybeans never fails to make me smile. It’s always the small things that make me laugh lol

[@erika8349]

I was laughing so hard! 😂 I thought he had tears in his eyes lol It was is adorable! 😭

[@Grim_Sister]

Same thing. I love how happy it makes him

[@ellisbuker6191]

@@erika8349 the reason it looked like he had tears in his eyes was because that man was absolutely baked in this episode lmao

[@shntltylr8758]

Jermaine not even missing a beat when he hears the hand is the devil's to say "Hey, Dev" was so funny

[@freyawesterback7579]

I wrote my master's thesis in history this year and I actually found my topic through this episode. I wrote a comparative analysis of Lady Mary's descriptions of the women she met in the Ottoman Empire and in Europe in her letters. I actually got a high grade for it! Then, during my thesis defence, I got the dreaded question; how did I come up with my topic? I had to say a youtube documentary because I didn't feel like trying to explain the chaotic glory that is Puppet History to my professors. Anyway, thank you for essentially giving me my MA thesis topic!

[@shrutin5331]

Ryan is slowly losing his mind and if he doesn't win soon, he'll go on a rampage.

[@Lavender11108]

Puppet history might have a new professor

[@daisyjoy242]

Rampage, you mean extreme rants plus madness

[@recoil53]

I want to see a throwdown. The Japanese Pro wrestling guys can (and have) wrestled inflatable dolls, so it can be done.

[@hiti6753]

Even if he does win, the victory will be bittersweet.

[@scotthardie5141]

@@Lavender11108 NOOOOOO

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

I’m fairly certain Ryan is possessed by Ricky Goldsworth or has made a deal with The Genie after losing one too many times.

[@ipshitakanungo3025]

Ikr! That's what i said last week.... This is not Ryan this is Ricky Goldworth

[@rickygoldsworth8394]

Welllllll if I TOLD you people I was a demon who possessed Ryan I'd have to kill you. Wouldn't want that would we.

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

@@rickygoldsworth8394 But we already know you’re possessing Ryan and you can’t get all of us

[@rickygoldsworth8394]

@@kaitlnwhite6809 bet.

[@1400Echo]

Ok but hear me out. What if its both! Ricky goldsworth made the deal with the genie which gave him more control over ryans body?!?!?

[@historycat8152]

Ricky doesn’t like how nice ryan is being, so he’s slowly taking over.

[@phantomtrekkie9]

OMG I just now noticed the genie on the right side of the screen when that cute little scamp Satan pops in! Damn I love how thorough Shane is!

[@keira0jade]

OMG your comment made me notice it! That’s so wicked !!

[@bellesmith8925]

“They cold brewed the Boston Harbor.” I literally cackled at work on my lunch break while watching this.

[@floursack8567]

things puppet history has taught me today: - the history of america v.s. smallpox - 30-day retreats change a man

[@HeyMJ.]

Especially a 30d retreat taken in seven. 🌬 Pure bliss…

[@floursack8567]

@@HeyMJ. rule number 1 of puppet history: character development and friendships > math and logic

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@imweird2983]

Also apparently the Professor has no digestive system

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@maggiecunningham8952]

the way the professor quacks and ribbits when he opens his mouth just a lil is so freaking adorable! also get vaccinated. if 18th century milk maids can avoid dying from a viral illness, then so can you

[@shainaleventhal4130]

Jermaine was so high and I loved every second of it 😂😂 keep bringing him back for more episodes!!

[@MilfLvr420]

Was looking for this cuz he was GONE 😭

[@staytuned2L337]

I took the time to scroll for this 😂❤

[@eorsjr]

The Professor crying due to his students not being happy made me so emotional. I just wanted to hug our small blue friend.

[@koro-is-caffeinated]

I made my own Professor puppet identical to the one seen and it was for exactly this purpose. Worth it.

[@lrose1310]

"They cold brewed the Boston harbor" I've been angry laughing about this for like 3 minutes

[@1bendykat]

It's even worse when you consider during that time tea was sold in card-shaped tea cakes. You'd shave off a tiny corner to create a whole pot of tea. So basically, during the Boston Tea Party, colonists poured in like three to five years of tea. In today's money it was worth about a million dollars.

[@beeaggro2593]

considering the molasses now in there too... but this channel has given me so many jokes to use in teaching.

[@louisebrownie9160]

I kinda want the professor to replace the tasty jellybeans to the bean boozled ones

[@CallmeA_B]

I'm watching these at random, and I said the whole time I wished that when Ryan finally got the trophy, it would be filled with those 🏆👏😄

[@Vers16]

Shane is low key one of the most talented and creative content creators ever.

[@cormacmacaongusa]

That is absolutely way too far

[@sophiahardy8177]

So in this universe, Satan looks exactly like you'd expect him to look, but God is an eldritch Bloodborne boss

[@scotthardie5141]

When you perfect a look, you stick with it.

[@sarafontanini7051]

He's god, okay!?

[@kingoftheostrogoths]

@@sarafontanini7051 He’s got something to say!

[@arkangyal8024]

@@kingoftheostrogoths those dummies dancing half to death, that wasn't him, no way!

[@munginosal2135]

@@arkangyal8024 He made the stars and moon and sun and also he made everyone!

[@Nadia-dn3xw]

Jermaine’s genuine concern over Ryan’s fake choking was just so innocent and pure

[@kamilucredic]

Jermaine's been the very definition of a cinnamon roll on Puppet History.

[@rebeccaseymour5551]

Jermaine tickling the professor's little chin is a moment that lives rent free in my head and always will

[@jessicawanyan187]

9:17 Ironically I think the breast milk thing might also do something, cause I'm pretty sure babies get some antibodies from the mother through breast milk. If it does work (not sure if it does) it wouldn't give you life long immunity though, just passive immunity

[@JessrassicSnark]

History correction: no witches were BURNED in Salem! They were hanged, except for Giles Corey, who was pressed to death.

[@oiseau_]

i mean, the details ARE a little fuzzy 😂

[@kuroinokitsune]

There is also may be accent on witches. Because there were no witches, they were just womans (mostly, in some witches hunts were some mans) that community didn't like.

[@owensedwin]

And Giles wasn't even labeled a witch, he was just protesting the madness.

[@WiseSageBum]

@@owensedwin Actually, he was pressed to death for not saying if he was a witch or not. Corey refused to say anything because he thought they were insane, plus they accused his wife of being a witch, so they killed him.

[@justsomenuts]

@@WiseSageBum The only thing he ever said was "more weight."

[@acadaemian]

Jermaine: my guesstimate was that the major had an 88%- Professor: ⛄⛄!!! 🥺💖🥺💓🥺💖🥺

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@PartnershipsForYou]

@@agnez______9956 what

[@Heva1987]

The last person to die from small pox was in 1978 and she was a medical photographer at a university and was exposed to the vial. In 2004 some small pox scabs were found in a civil war book and where sent to CDC where they got studied and in 2014 there were 6 sealed vial of smallpox found in a cold storage and again were sent to CDC for study and 2 were viable and the cultured them for study on the dead virus, however they were then also destroyed. Only place to found sample now is in Russia.

[@AlphabetSoup3000]

Learning about this horrifying disease might be a lot easier if I could stop giggle-snorting over the conversation about how the Professor eats his own poop.

[@emmap4992]

And the psychological destruction of one Ryan Steven Bergara continues

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@minellie3068]

the professor is just dropping lore left and right like we all aren't aware his soul is just ancient jelly beans that have yet to expire.

[@noodles.dumplings.kimchi2878]

🤣

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@vivianmangold8800]

When the devil said “one of my minions will be at the finale” was he talking about Shane?

[@vanessaajohn]

Jermaine is HILARIOUS like his dead pan is so good

[@m1l2000]

the professor: "oh my god, please get vaccinated if you can, it's bonkers that a puppet has to tell you this!" literally tho lmao, please get the vaccine

[@CaitlinNHayes]

@@xblade11230 You do realize the influenza shots that are put out every year are what they think the main strain of the flu of the season is going to hit that year right? They have also been very open and vocal about not always getting the correct strain for that season. Most of all vaccines are not scams. It's a shame that most people are really ignoring common sense and basic science. 😩

[@xblade11230]

@@CaitlinNHayes Many scientists are against the flu shot BTW, Many scientists support just using natural immunity Pretty much everyone who studies this stuff agrees that your immune system doesn't have INFINITE memory

[@CaitlinNHayes]

@@xblade11230 You do realize that without vaccines in the first place natural immunity wouldn't have worked in the way you think. Vaccines were responsible for helping to greatly curb or basically eradicate such things like; polio, smallpox, rubella, measles, chicken pox, tetanus, pertussis, mumps, diphtheria, rpv, and so many more. To say that vaccines do nothing and are a scam is totally untrue & complete misinformation. It's incredibly dangerous to spread misinformation like this, especially at times like this.

[@Simon39759]

@@xblade11230 You are wrong on all points. a) You can, obviously vaccinate against Covid. People are getting vaccinated and they are at much lower risk of contracting the disease, if they ever do contract it, it is milder and go away faster. b) Influenza is a very different virus from Covid. The viruses most similar to Covid would be other coronaviruses. There are a lot of them. SARS and MERS being prime example. c) It is rather irrelevant as most covid vaccines are not based on the virus itself but on specific spike proteins from the virus. So totally different story from the flu. d) The flue vaccine is actually more effective than nothing. Definitely not a scam.

[@razb8888]

@@xblade11230 i think it's fitting that someone with the name god in their username wants more people to die - just like in the episode!

[@joshuaperz2167]

Did no one else notice that Satan was talking to someone at the beginning of his segment and told him he'd better get out of here before he started talking to the professor? Whoever it was was GLOWING BLUE! IT WAS THE GENIE! Maybe that means he's Satan's minion and is going to appear in the final episode.

[@takeagalbythehand]

Omg thank you for pointing that out, I didn't see it!

[@evie2545]

Wait stoppppp, that would be so good

[@shieldmaiden8128]

Yessssssss

[@zeft2817]

Good catch oml

[@meghan7474]

Guys we aren’t doing lore this season, give it up

[@sarab2762]

I lost it when Jermaine tickled the professors little chin

[@ProneToOverThinking]

Can I just say that Jermaine is a freaking delightful guest & I would be happy to see him again and again!! (Of course with much love to all the other guests as well! They're all so wonderful)

[@kathrynbeauvais2047]

I live for the professor giving himself an existential crisis within the first three minutes

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@k.g.donathan6271]

Professor: "A perfect country." Jermaine: "Look at us now, huh!" Professor: "Yeah, we're really nailing it." Ryan: "We've learned so much." Professor: "Ugh."

[@scotthardie5141]

I almost did a total spit take

[@misaelcampos6294]

Ryan is so chill this season that he was able to fit in a 30 day retreat into one week.

[@malkyyy3418]

As someone who has had severe eczema and dermatillomania her whole life, I can tell you: cracking skin and oozing sores all over your body is NOT a fun time😂

[@dream_walker9726]

I only have it behind my ears but that’s bad enough, it sucks so bad 😭

[@crypticwander421]

I had it everywhere years ago, only in unmentionable areas now, but it is not fun at all.

[@Spider_lily021]

Ryan’s optimism makes me think the professor has black mailed him into playing along 🤔 I’ve never seen anyone love C-sea dogs that much

[@slipperyjim1497]

Ryan is trying to kill the Professor with love.

[@ashleyslaughter8658]

Ryan was possessed by the genie

[@zeusingame]

he just has a gun to his head behind the chair

[@i_are_gm122]

He's just going mad

[@RoMMMIca]

Well… now we know why he was optimistic 🥲

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*The Devil:* say hi to Beef Boy for me *Viewers:* 😳 *Ricky Goldsworth:* I tip my hat to you. One legend to another.

[@rickygoldsworth8394]

damn straight I do. Which reminds me I need to get to the bar scheduled for a meeting with an old friend of mine there...

[@kaitlnwhite6809]

@@rickygoldsworth8394 be honest- are you controlling Ryan Bergara during this season of Puppet History?

[@rickygoldsworth8394]

@@kaitlnwhite6809 you don't wanna know. You think you wanna know, but I told someone, had to kill em for knowing my secrets, so now I'm telllin you, you don't wanna know. I mean unless you wanna expire early.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@rickygoldsworth8394 Jesus.

[@daisyjoy242]

@@rickygoldsworth8394 °_____°

[@karonrobinson7707]

Ok so I kinda knew this part of history before and I just want to say thank you for including Onesimus his part in the war against smallpox was not that well know due to him being a slave. Thank for telling more people about him. 😊

[@3lttlbrds]

Jermaine always seems so genuinely interested and excited😊😊😊 he and Kate are my favorite guests❤️

[@mingiwoo]

How is no one in the comments talking about Jermaine?? He’s the FUNNIEST guest ever!

[@emilybarclay8831]

He’s my second favourite after Kate who just meshes so well with the show

[@coronis]

he's delightful!

[@hollyrobbins6820]

He's such a sweetie

[@greifstricken]

I was so happy when they showed him back in the trailer!!

[@Joyful_Jo_]

Agree he's great :)))

[@arson5385]

Professor: Who did you support in the revolutionary war? Ryan: I don't wanna discuss politics Jermaine: *I don't know if I was allowed*

[@scragcowski]

yeah why did everyone just brush past that i was dying lmao

[@intofinnair]

jermaine said 'alive' though

[@arxxslxxgh]

Ryan: Was this like biological warfare? The Indigenous peoples who were given smallpox infected blankets specifically to try and kill them off: Yeah duh.

[@gabrielsandstrom1899]

Ryan’s look of bewilderment at the start of the song and his valiant attempt to power through it was pure comedy!

[@greggibbs8840]

The Professor is an immortal being who's witnessed all these events and is just recounting it to his students

[@pratahswagohain3521]

He's the watcher in our universe lol

[@agnez______9956]

AISURU.TOKYO/AGNEZ 💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@tam_pow2092]

That's why it's always so accurate.

[@babaninaaaaaay]

As a pre-med student, let me tell you how this is the most entertaining retelling of the history of smallpox I've seen.

[@sethescope]

check out sawbones! it's a podcast about all the dumb stuff humans have tried to use as medicine lol it's made by a wife and husband duo and the wife is a medical doctor. my favorite episodes are the Oregon trail, coffee (did you know coffee enemas are a thing), tea, possession, fertility, fever, and body temperature!

[@oooh19]

Coffee ☕️ is pretty healthy though

[@joeymooring5314]

right?? (infectious disease student myself) this was so good! plenty of events I didn't know about, too. I love this sort of disease history, aboslutely fascinating.

[@pacifistcowboy]

jermaine's pure joy is so radiant and contagious, it made this my favourite episode of puppet history

[@annlanzi3590]

7:35 OMG THATS THE GENIE WHO MIVED OUT OF THE JELLY TELLY. The lore was so well planned out y’all

[@michaelcollins1358]

If they sell mini stuffed versions of the professor we might be able to confuse the genie when he inevitably shows up and keep the professor safe 🥺

[@chantaldamboise4593]

As soon as I get the right yarn, I’m gonna crochet a Professor plushie 🥺

[@laurenscott9783]

PLS WATCHER MAKE ONE

[@morgank.6113]

I have great news, they just released one! : D

[@KittenLove536]

*insert "good news everyone" meme here*

[@sarahwillacker4135]

“They cold-brewed the Boston Harbor” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard 😭😭😭

[@wolverinex8330]

I honestly fully believe that even if they weren't baked outta their minds in this episode, it is 100% dead on perfect for the both of them lol, I love the chaotic energy in this one

[@pickledeliveryguy9593]

things ive learned from the comment section: 1. The Professor is the Watcher. 2. Ryan is the Genie.

[@adv4287]

11:08 “Ezekiel 10 12” which is “Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, wings, and the wheels that the four of them had, were full of eyes all around.” thanks for that one ryan all hail the watcher

[@anttibjorklund1869]

Ezekiel's heavenly visions are really weird.

[@arkangyal8024]

All hail the watcher

[@wuraolaolagunju]

All hail the watcher

[@ayblablabla]

All hail the watcher

[@tylersoap6065]

All hail the watcher

[@StonedHunter]

Holy shit am I early. Also the fact that the DEVIL HIMSELF does not wanna go to this party we keep hearing about is making me very nervous for the season finale.

[@will1318]

I think the finale will be about the Loudun possessions. The last item on the Prof's semester list (seen at the end of Emu War) looks like it says 'Loudun' and a quick search brings up a town in France that had a bunch of nuns claiming to be possessed by demons/the devil.

[@gretablackwell495]

s4slsmith DEMON PARTY!!! (or perhaps.... genie party?)

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@anufoalan]

@@will1318 I was going to possibly say the “party” where they murdered Rasputin, but that also makes sense

[@scotthardie5141]

The fact the Devil doesn't want to go makes me think the music at the party will suck

[@vanessazorro6297]

For some reason the “always nice to hear from the devil I guess” hit me so hard. 😂

[@ameliaottenwalder2343]

I love how much both Jermaine and Kate love this show ❤️

[@media_crone]

The Devil just said “say hi to beef boy for me”??? What does this mean??? have we thought shane was the demon the whole time only for it to be ryan???

[@morganhulstrom8552]

I think Ryan ghosted the demons, finally ignored the spirit box and all. Had to say hi and all

[@NoahMiller13579]

Or Ryan has been replaced?

[@gavinr.3170]

I can’t stop watching Seven Hunnid on KZbin 😭😭his videos are so good

[@TheRibottoStudios]

well yeah Ricky Goldsworth and the devil are best buds. Doesn't anyone know this? Ryan sometimes gets possessed by a spirit called Ricky Goldsworth.

[@Elizabeth-vz3zc]

AISURU.TOKYO/eunji?💞 (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。18 years and over KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone #однако #я #люблю #таких #рыбаков #Интересно #забавно #девушка #смешная #垃圾

[@SonicGirlsGeek]

"Well lets just hope they don't invent a bigpox" **current events nervously laughing**

[@jktolford8272]

"The pox" (not small pox) was what they called syphilis. Since syphilis could destroy the cartilage of the nose resulting in a huge cavity, this could indeed be called a big pox. False noses of tin or leather were used. French courtly fashion once included silk "beauty spots" for smaller syphilitic lesions (even among the healthy).

[@rainbowroadthekilljoy8]

@@jktolford8272 That's really interesting, thanks for sharing that! /S

[@TC022782]

34:52 - 35:00 Ryan's confused expression after the Professor kept talking about how cute cows are is hilarious to me.